GENUS FREESIA

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Meaning:

Cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("genus Freesia" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "genus Freesia"):

freesia (any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Freesia" is a member of...):

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)